1884.] 205 



The "manglares," or man^ove swamps, which are found every- 

 where along'the coast in this part of the world, seem quite unproductive 

 in insects, always excepting Calicidcd ; on the sea beach, a Cicindela or 

 two and Phalerin are almost the only things to be found. 



CicadcB abound in the dry season both in the forest and in the 

 open country ; the Fulgorida are not rare in the forest, they are very 

 sluggish in their habits, and appear to sit in one spot for days together 

 on the tree trunks, especially near the ground. 



Minute ticks, or garrapatas (Cuscusa), are a great pest in Tropical 

 American forests in the dry season, frequently swarming all over one, 

 so that on returning home there is no alternative but to strip, and 

 mosquitoes and other Diptera are sometimes very troublesome, though, 

 fortunately, there are no land-leeches as in the east ; snakes are only 

 too common in these very hot damp forests, the majority, however, 

 large as they are, are of innocuous species ; in the forest amongst the 

 dense vegetation, in hunting about the fallen timber, and while beating 

 (I have beaten them on to my net several times), it is, of course, neces- 

 sary to keep a sharp look out ; in the rainy season they are sluggish, 

 and you are apt to tread on them, but in the dry season they are so 

 active that you can seldom get very near them ; in pulling off bark 

 with the fingers, as one very often does, you have to be a little careful 

 not only of snakes, but of scorpions, both of which are very fond of 

 hiding beneath loose bark. 



The above will give some idea of what the entomologist will find 

 by working in Central America, not so much as would be obtained 

 more south (Brazil, Ecuador, &c.), still, the fauna is a very rich one. 

 I do no more than give the result of my own experience. 



(To be continued). 



ON THE MALE OF ZAR^A FASCIATA. 

 BY J. A. OSBORNE, M.D. 



Thanks to the kindness of Mr. E. A. Eitch, who has been good 

 enough to send me some numbers of the Entom. Nachrichten for the 

 year 1878, I am enabled to estimate more accurately the real scarcity 

 of the (J of this species, and to forward a description of it, which may 

 not be unacceptable under the circumstances. 



After having, in a previous number, invited correspondence and 

 specimens, Dr. Kriechbaumer of Munich published in the No. of the 

 Ent. Nachr. for June 1st, 1878, an elaborate and, as it seems, exhaus- 

 tive investigation, extending over 8 pages of that journal, into the 



